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It wasn’t a stroke that caused Serene Branson’s unintelligible reporting on Grammy night—it was a migraine. Specifically, a complex migraine known as a “migraine with aura,” whose symptoms can mimic stroke symptoms, her doctor tells the Los Angeles Times. But the CBS reporter, who viewed the now infamous clip of herself for the first time yesterday, says she’s now “fine, wonderful,” though her instant (and reluctant) celebrity has been “a bit overwhelming.”

In her first interview since the incident, back on her own station, Branson says she got a headache while working and felt “nauseous and dizzy.” She was “frustrated and terrified” during the report: “I was like watching myself in a movie. I knew what I wanted to say, but I couldn’t say it.” Afterward, "I felt like I was going to collapse. My right cheek went numb, then my right hand." But her doctor thinks it was an isolated incident, and she is looking forward to getting back to work and “reporting on the stories, not being the story,” she says. “This will all blow over. I’m looking forward to covering the Oscars.” Click for more on complex migraines.

I hope she will be okay. I am from the old days, when a popular reporter named Jessica Savage did pretty much the same thing. Later, it was discovered that she was under the influence of Coke, and I don't mean the drink. I trust Ms. Branson, and I will pray for her to find a solution to those headaches.

HMunster

Feb 18, 2011 4:24 PM CST

Typical Woman: Blaming everything on a headache...

anothernewsjunkie

Feb 18, 2011 1:54 PM CST

haven't had anything as sever as what she had, but i still get pretty bad migraines sometimes.